Longer opening

City of London hostelries are seeking any excuse for longer opening hours now that the new licensing system makes binge drinking compulsory. Many are asking for late night (i.e. early morning) extensions for St George's Day to allow London's patriotic financiers to toast their patron saint, but the calendar has been trawled by The Puzzle, a pub in Holborn, frequented by nearby office workers from lawyers Denton Wilde Sapte, Scottish Widows and accountants from Kroll.